ASIC & FPGA Design Engineer – E2

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control is seeking an ASIC & FPGA Design Engineer to join their team, responsible for developing FPGA-based architectures for defense systems. This role involves end-to-end development of complex FPGA designs, ensuring high-performance digital solutions for mission-critical applications.

Responsibilities:

• Translate system requirements into FPGA specifications and architectural diagrams.
• Write self-checking test benches and perform unit-test, functional, and regression verification.
• Run synthesis, place-and-route, and timing analyses, iterating designs to meet targets.
• Conduct trade-off studies evaluating device utilization, power consumption, and thermal performance.
• Design high-speed serial interfaces and data-path architectures within the FPGA.
• Collaborate with software, hardware, and systems teams to define requirements and optimize architecture.
• Support Design Architecture Development processes and participate in Design Assurance reviews.
• Manage version control and configuration management using Git/Git Lab, maintaining design documentation.
• Perform board-level integration, debugging, and troubleshooting in a lab environment.
• Apply circuit-design techniques to validate signal integrity and power distribution.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or a related STEM field.
• Minimum 1 year of professional experience with FPGA design and simulation verification.
• HDL programming experience with VHDL, Verilog, and/or System Verilog.
• Experience with Xilinx/AMD FPGAs and related toolsets such as Vivado.
• Experience with FPGA simulation tools and languages like Synopsys VCS and System Verilog.
• Strong understanding of digital design principles, including timing analysis and signal integrity.
• Experience in hardware-software integration and validation.
• Effective communication, collaboration, and presentation skills.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain/maintain a DoD Secret clearance.

Skills:

• Experience with cybersecurity requirements and verification.
• Familiarity with version control systems like Git.
• Knowledge of multiple FPGA vendors such as Altera/Intel and Micro Semi/Microchip.
• Proficiency in software programming languages like C, C++, or Python.
• Experience with debugging complex digital systems.
• Knowledge of UVM and UVM-based verification methodologies.
• Experience with Synopsys tool sets like Synplify and VCS.
• Familiarity with aerospace design techniques.
• Prior experience with Lockheed Martin MFC.
• Active DoD Secret or Top Secret clearance.